Vincent "Vinny" Corey is a

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

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and player. He plays for

Clontibret O'Neills Clontibret O'Neills Gaelic Athletic Association is a Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and ladies' Gaelic football club based in Clontibret, County Monaghan, Ireland. History A team existed in the area, named after Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone ...

and has been manager of the Monaghan county team since 2022.

Career

Corey played at senior level for his county for 17 years, winning two

Ulster Senior Football Championship The Ulster Senior Football Championship is an inter-county competition for Gaelic football teams in the province of Ulster. It is organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and begins in early May. The final is usu ...

(SFC) medals. Corey made his Ulster SFC debut for Monaghan against

Armagh Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Pri ...

in 2003. He outlasted everyone who played in that game, except for an Armagh minor called

Charlie Vernon Charlie Vernon is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Armagh county team, and joint head of the Loch An Iuir PE Department. He captained the Under-21 team in the 2007 season. He has a Sigerson Cup Runners Up and winners medal during ...

, and is married to Joanne and they have children. He was

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in 2009. But he was not involved in the 2010 Ulster SFC final and he sat out 2011. He was part of the

Match for Michaela Match for Michaela was a Gaelic football match played under floodlights at Casement Park in Belfast on Saturday 3 November 2012. The match was held in memory of Murder of Michaela McAreavey, Michaela McAreavey. Background All-Ireland Senior Cha ...

. Corey started the

2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The 2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 131st edition of the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football competition since its establishment in 1887. Thirty-three teams entered the competition – thirty-one of the thirty-tw ...

semi-final for Monaghan. In 2020 he stated that he had not ruled out a return to Monaghan. Corey became a

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with Monaghan. He then became manager of the team, replacing

Séamus McEnaney Séamus McEnaney (born 1967/1968) is a Gaelic football manager and businessman. He has managed his native Monaghan county team (in two spells), as well as the Meath and Wexford county teams. Business career McEnaney is in charge of Westenra ...

in 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Corey, Vinny Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Gaelic football managers Gaelic football selectors Monaghan inter-county Gaelic footballers Clontibret O'Neills Gaelic footballers